# 🌟 News and Releases in Mergado

**URL:** <https://forum.mergado.com/t/news-and-releases-in-mergado/212>\
**Category:** News & Announcements\
**Tags:** release-notes\
**Created:** [January 16, 2019, 11:00am UTC](https://forum.mergado.com/t/news-and-releases-in-mergado/212 "2019-01-16T11:00:39Z")\
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# New version of Mergado

> ☕ After the Christmas break, welcome back to our regular Mergado news parties!
> 
> Over the 🎄 Christmas we have been busy not only cleaning up the code after the old “Mergado 1” system _(all projects [are now running on “Mergado 2”](https://forum.mergado.com/t/introducing-mergado-2/538))_, which will make it easier to develop new features for Mergado, but of course we have already prepared a batch of nifty new features for you.

## Release date and time

Wednesday 29.1.2025 **12:30**

## New formats

- 🍎 We have updated the **Mergado XML** specification to version `1.11`.
  - New elements:

```plaintext
▪ AGE_GROUP
▪ CONDITION_DESCRIPTION
▪ DEPOT
  - NAME
  - STOCK_QUANTITY
▪ PATTERN
▪ VOUCHER
  - CODE
  - DESCRIPTION

```

  - Full [PDF specification here](https://www.mergado.cz/sites/default/files/perm/document/mergado-product-xml-1-11-en-1.pdf).

- 🧑‍💼 For **Kaufland Marketplace** format, we now know the elements for [**GPSR**](https://trade.ec.europa.eu/access-to-markets/en/news/eus-general-product-safety-regulation-gpsr-new-era-consumer-protection): `product_safety_contact.name`, `product_safety_contact.address`, `product_safety_contact.url`, `product_safety_contact.email_address`, `product_safety_contact.phone_number`.
- 🌟 **We have updated converters** for many formats.
  - 🔸 CSV formats integration **Shoptet** :

  - 🔸 **Billiger** integration formats:

  - 🔸 CSV integration formats **Idealo** and **[Check24.de](http://Check24.de)**:

  - 🔸 Formats **Price** , **Ideal** and **Jeffiny** :

  - 🔸 format **Moebel** :

  - 🔸 format **Shopping** :

  - 🔸 **Shopzilla** and **Pricegrabber** formats:

  - :custom_format: Converter for [**custom formats**](https://forum.mergado.com/t/category-tree-for-custom-format/932#custom-format-3) now **better handles multiple images**. If there are multiple elements with `IMAGE` meaning in the input, only the first one is converted as `IMAGE`. The others are then converted as `IMAGE_ALTERNATIVE`.

## 🍏 Shopify integration

- We are releasing the first version of a new **integration for importing products from [Shopify](https://www.shopify.com)**.
- This can be accessed **through the create new project wizard** , where you’ll also find a link on the site to instructions on [where to find and set up the accesses in Shopify](https://forum.mergado.com/t/new-project-generating-shopify-api-credentials/1103) that Mergado will need.

## 🕵️‍♂️ New output feed audit panel

- On the project overview page, there is a **brand new dashboard with a quick overview of the results of [output feed audit](https://audit.mergado.com/)** for your project.  

- We’ve also now added the ability to **automatically start auditing the output feed after the initial processing** of a project is complete at the end of the create new project wizard.  

## More news

- 🚀 \*\*We have **accelerated** the evaluation of [MQL queries](https://forum.mergado.com/t/mql-language/755) that use the `@@MERGADO_ID` pseudo-element in the condition.
- 🔨 An error could occur when applying the [**Merge Variants**](https://forum.mergado.com/t/merging-variants-rule/967) rule. This has been fixed.
- 🍭 **Mergado Store** : A non-logged-in user can **switch between available languages** using a switch directly on the [**Mergado Store**](https://store.mergado.com/) site.
- 🩹 In the **simple MQL queries interface** on the **Products** page, we fixed values overflowing outside their designated field.
- **Automation:** A new element that should have been made hidden by automation (macro) was not being made hidden. We have fixed this.
- On the **Products** page, the _handle_ icon was not showing on the product attribute listing, even though the **attribute value was entered as a manual change**. We have fixed this.

You may experience minor Mergado outages at the times indicated. Thank you for your understanding and patience as we deploy the new version.

If you have any questions, please feel free to [contact us](https://www.mergado.com/contact)

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